Calculating the Value Contributed by Physical Stores to a Mobile Device User Who Makes a Subsequent Online Purchase and Potentially Distributing that Value Calculation to Either Physical Stores the User or Both
First Claim
1. A method, embodied in a computer program or series of computer programs available on a web portal linked to a server, which is downloaded and installed on a physical user'"'"'s internet-accessible mobile device or other device, a physical store'"'"'s internet-accessible device, and an online store'"'"'s internet-accessible device;
- which saves specified physical user, physical store, or online store contact information, including but not limited to name, email address, physical address, phone number, into a file created on the server designated for that entity;
allows the physical store and online store to upload and update inventory lists of current products sold, the geographical locations of their businesses, and website urls maintained into that user'"'"'s file on the server;
tracks the physical user'"'"'s mobile device'"'"'s physical presence using a geographic locator function;
saves the mobile device'"'"'s physical location at selected intervals;
uploads the location information to the server; and
saves the location information in the physical user'"'"'s designated file.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for calculating the “experiential value” a physical store provides toward a consumer'"'"'s subsequent online purchase. The method is embodied in a computer program or series of computer programs, available from a web portal linked to a server, which store relevant information for a consumer, a physical store, and an online store; track the physical location of a consumer'"'"'s electronic mobile device; compare the device'"'"'s location against the locations of physical stores and saves any positive comparisons; track the mobile device user'"'"'s subsequent online purchases; compare any subsequent online purchase to the data on record for the physical stores previously visited by the user; perform a series of calculations to estimate any previously visited physical store'"'"'s contribution to the user'"'"'s subsequent online purchase; and translate that value into a monetized or monetizable form which can be returned to the physical store, the user, or both.
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1. A method, embodied in a computer program or series of computer programs available on a web portal linked to a server, which is downloaded and installed on a physical user'"'"'s internet-accessible mobile device or other device, a physical store'"'"'s internet-accessible device, and an online store'"'"'s internet-accessible device;
- which saves specified physical user, physical store, or online store contact information, including but not limited to name, email address, physical address, phone number, into a file created on the server designated for that entity;
allows the physical store and online store to upload and update inventory lists of current products sold, the geographical locations of their businesses, and website urls maintained into that user'"'"'s file on the server;
tracks the physical user'"'"'s mobile device'"'"'s physical presence using a geographic locator function;
saves the mobile device'"'"'s physical location at selected intervals;
uploads the location information to the server; and
saves the location information in the physical user'"'"'s designated file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- which saves specified physical user, physical store, or online store contact information, including but not limited to name, email address, physical address, phone number, into a file created on the server designated for that entity;
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